One story could be: 'I heard a scratching at my window. When I looked, there was a shadow with no face.'
Here's another. 'The old doll in the attic blinked. Then it started to crawl towards me. In those two sentences, there's a sense of unease as dolls are often creepy, and the idea of it moving on its own is terrifying.
A possible story is 'I walked into the abandoned house. A cold hand grabbed my ankle as soon as I entered. The first sentence sets the spooky scene of an abandoned place, and the second sentence quickly brings in the horror element of an unseen entity grabbing.
I'll share this. I found a diary in an old attic. The last entry said 'They're coming for me tonight' and then the handwriting turned into scribbles. I started to hear scratching noises on the attic door right after reading it.
The suddenness. For example, like 'The phone rang in the dead of night. It was a voice from the grave.' The sudden phone ring in the middle of the night is already scary, and then it's a voice from the grave which is very spooky.
Here's another: 'The old doll in the attic blinked. I ran out and never went back.' This creates a sense of unease with the simple and unexpected actions. The blinking of the doll, which is an inanimate object, is very creepy.
One story could be: 'I woke up to a strange noise in the attic. When I went to check, a pair of glowing eyes stared back at me.'
Story 1: I woke up to a cold hand on my face. When I turned on the light, no one was there.
One from the list could be 'I woke up to find a handprint on my window. I live on the 13th floor.' Another might be 'The old doll in the attic blinked. It was facing the wall before.'
One of the stories was 'She heard a baby crying in the attic. When she opened the attic door, the crying stopped and a cold hand grabbed her ankle.' It's a simple yet terrifying concept. The idea of an unknown presence in an attic, which is often a spooky place already, and then the sudden physical contact is really scary. It plays on our fear of the unknown and the vulnerability we feel in dark, isolated areas of a house.
One story could be 'I heard a scratching at my window. When I opened my eyes, a pale face stared back at me.'
One story could be: 'I woke up to find a handprint on my window. It was on the inside.'
Here's another. 'The old doll in the attic blinked. I ran out and never went back.' This is a simple yet chilling story. The idea of an inanimate object like a doll showing signs of life is very spooky. It plays on our fear of the unknown and the uncanny. Dolls are often associated with innocence, but when they start to do something abnormal, it becomes a source of horror.